Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability
Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability

Follow-Up Report on the Performance Review of the Certificate of Need Program for Nursing Homes

Report 97-73, May 1998




Report Summary

  • In 1997, the Legislature appropriated $22 million to fund the three-year Long-term Care Community Diversion Pilot Project and passed legislation to establish pilot projects to test the effectiveness of managed care and outcome-based reimbursement for long-term care. (See p. 2.)
  • However, the pilot project will not be implemented until late in Fiscal Year 1997-98, and the anticipated cost savings from the pilot project are not likely to be realized this year. (See p. 3.)
  • Statewide implementation of the Long-term Care Community Diversion Project and changes in federal regulations that allow states more flexibility in setting Medicaid reimbursement rates for nursing homes may eliminate the future need for the Certificate of Need Program for nursing homes. (See p. 3.)


Related Reports
  1. Performance Review of the Certificate of Need Program for Nursing Homes Administered by the Agency for Health Care Administration
    Report 95-51 April 1996
Copies of this report in print or alternate accessible format may be obtained by email OPPAGA@oppaga.fl.gov, telephone (850) 488-0021, or mail 111 W. Madison St., Room 312 Tallahassee, FL 32399-1475.
Copies of this report in print or alternate accessible format may be obtained by email OPPAGA@oppaga.fl.gov, telephone (850) 488-0021, or mail 111 W. Madison St., Room 312 Tallahassee, FL 32399-1475.
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